1. Photojournalism: Shooting Candids People Are Harder Than They Look By Robert J. Courtemanche, CJE rcourtemanche@galenaparkisd.com Galena Park HS, Texas rcourtemanche@galenaparkisd.com Permission for use granted for any classroom teacher in a public or not-for profit / non-profit school system.

2. Shooting Candids 1: No Flash Flash draws attention to yourself. If you have to use flash, you really only get one picture.

3. Shooting Candids 2: Blend In They need to ignore the camera. So go ahead shoot the posed shot - then delete it later. Be friendly. Now that they don’t care anymore, get the shot you went for…

4. Shooting Candids 3: Look For Action Someone doing something is better than them doing absolutely nothing. Look for action or interaction between two people or two groups.

5. Shooting Candids 4: Shoot Fast Take lots of shots, most memory cards can hold 100-200 photos at the highest quality. Shoot as many pictures as you can. Especially when you are still learning.

6. Shooting Candids 5: Move Use your feet. You can change angles, move around the room, walk closer and move back.

7. Shooting Candids 6: Use Your Eyes Don’t get stuck looking at the camera. Look around the room. Watch people and anticipate their actions. Look for anything visually interesting.

8. Shooting Candids 7: Get Lots of Variety Tell a story with wide, medium and close up shots. Get vertical and horizontal shots.

9. Shooting Candids 8: Looking Room Leave room for the subject to look and some room above their head

10. Shooting Candids 9: Turn off the noise Turn off all the noises on your camera and be quiet.

11. Shooting Candids 10: Shoot blind Sometimes called shooting from the hip. Just point your camera in the direction of the subject and shoot from waist level without looking.